Billie Jean King Quotes

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Athlete | November 22, 1943
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I felt so aimless — like a tennis ball, bouncing, bouncing — I began to wonder where I'd land.
James Baldwin
I was just thinking when I was watching Serena and Venus (Williams), I was thinking, ‘I probably, no way, will ever play at their age.’ But sitting here, I’m like, ‘No, you know what? I might do that.
Billie Jean King
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070309142929/http://www.shinfujin.gr.jp/eng/1_what/index.html New Japan Women's Association]
Hiratsuka Raichō
[https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/naomi-osaka/800357962/jpn/wt/s/overview/ Naomi Osaka] at the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation International Tennis Federation]
Billie Jean King
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[https://www.naomiosaka.com/ Official website] in (English and Japanese)
Billie Jean King
She is one of the greatest players who ever lived. . . Martina couldn't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters.
Althea Gibson
The American Medical Association and the Red Cross both condemn force-feeding as a form of torture. And yet, the U.S. government and the United Nations have both force-fed hunger-striking prisoners. The real problem? Most people probably don’t realize how complicated force-feeding is, and how much can go wrong.
Mariam A. Jamal
Being the Queen of Tennis is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. Nor can you send the Internal Revenue Service a throne clipped to their tax forms...I reign over an empty bank account, and I'm not going to fill it by playing amateur tennis.
Althea Gibson